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PLACES TO FEEL
April is the cruelest month in academia, when we are all scrambling to get all the projects done, students heard, papers and exams graded. So… a little…
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April 2024
ROTHKO, AGAIN, SORT OF, ALONG WITH A BAD PUN
The man that taught the online photography classes I took during COVID was a lifesaver. Through him, I found a new community of people, interested in a…
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ROTHKO, AGAIN, SORT OF, ALONG WITH A BAD PUN
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March 2024
MARK ROTHKO AND ME
Over New Years’, my husband and I celebrated our twentieth wedding anniversary with a trip to London and Paris. The trip was originally scheduled for…
Mar 1
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MARK ROTHKO AND ME
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February 2024
On Romance
Valentine’s Day, that most saccharine of holidays (sorry), is coming in two short weeks, and I’m celebrating this year by reading romance novels. I…
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On Romance
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January 2024
Dear Professor
Highlights from the College Teaching Trenches
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Dear Professor
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December 2023
What, is the Question
I’ve been wrestling with this idea that we all have a question that forms our life’s path: the pursuit of that question is at least part of what centers…
Dec 1, 2023
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What, is the Question
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November 2023
THE BIRDBATH CHRONICLES: PART TWO
For years now, we have received semi-annual wine shipments from R.N. Estates in Paso Robles, California. Roger Nicolas has a home overlooking a dry…
Nov 1, 2023
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THE BIRDBATH CHRONICLES: PART TWO
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October 2023
THE JOY OF GETTING PAID (OR: HOW DO WE MEASURE VALUE?)
Several years ago, over dinner in Vermont, we argued with a friend about why we wrote poetry. Our friend suggested that we didn’t need to be compensated…
Oct 1, 2023
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THE JOY OF GETTING PAID (OR: HOW DO WE MEASURE VALUE?)
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August 2023
INTERVIEW: Writers in Conversation: Nicole Caruso-Garcia and Katherine Schneider
About six times a year, I host an event at the Norwalk Public Library in Connecticut that features two writers with similar ideas, themes or styles…
Aug 31, 2023
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INTERVIEW: Writers in Conversation: Nicole Caruso-Garcia and Katherine Schneider
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July 2023
Summer Joy
One of the joys of academia is summers. Nothing will ever match my childhood on Cape Cod’s beaches, using outdoor showers, reading in the hammock, and…
Jul 31, 2023
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June 2023
France, Part Deux
What is the purpose of travel? This issue was raised recently in fellow Substack writer Freddie DeBoer’s column, “Think Less, Agnes.” He quotes writer…
Jun 30, 2023
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France, Part Deux
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May 2023
The Witch of Taos
It was in a yarn shop in Taos, New Mexico, that I was told to enter politics. My father and my husband had gone into the antique maps and documents…
May 27, 2023
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